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Irfan Mahmood

@irfanmahmood

I build geospatial tools and satellite-data insights for climate resilience, agriculture, and environmental monitoring.

Pakistan
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At the Asian Development Bank, I support weather index insurance and agricultural risk assessment through satellite imagery, weather-station, and gridded climate data. I develop spatial units, validate datasets, and produce maps and vegetation-index outputs for climate-resilient value chains in Pakistan.

I've built Python, R, and JavaScript tools for remote-sensing automation, including QGIS plugins, the spatialdrought PyPI package, and AirVista, a live multi-hazard environmental platform. My work spans crop monitoring, drought, flood risk, forest change, land deformation, and water resources, alongside training workshops and more than twenty peer-reviewed publications.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Current

Data Specialist - Geospatial Analytics (Staff Consultant)

Asian Development Bank

Feb 2026 - Present (7 months)

Providing technical support on satellite imagery, weather-station data, and gridded climate datasets for weather index insurance product design and agricultural risk assessment. Leading identification, cleaning, validation, and documentation of remote sensing and climate datasets for major grain crops.

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Remote Sensing and GIS Specialist (Resource Person)

Asian Development Bank

Jul 2025 - Feb 2026 (7 months)

Applied advanced Remote Sensing and GIS techniques to assess rangeland degradation and forest cover changes, supporting climate-resilient economic transition planning. Conducted spatial analysis and field surveys to validate findings and developed comprehensive GIS packages and technical reports.

Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) logoCC

Remote Sensing Analyst - Independent Consultant

Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI)

Jun 2023 - Jun 2025 (2 years)

Co-led remote sensing and IT teams, developing machine learning algorithms for crop area estimation, yield analysis, and environmental monitoring. Built custom Python, R, and JavaScript tools to automate workflows and generated high-resolution thematic maps and reports.

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Research Associate

COMSATS University Islamabad

Jul 2012 - May 2023 (10 years 10 months)

Led multidisciplinary research in three major projects applying Remote Sensing and GIS for environmental monitoring, disaster management, and resource assessment. Authored over twenty peer-reviewed publications and developed custom Python-based geospatial analysis workflows.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Bahria University logoBU

Bahria University

Master of Science, Geophysics

Grade: CGPA: 3.83

Master of Science in Geophysics with a CGPA of 3.83, awarded a Silver Medal.

Bahria University logoBU

Bahria University

Bachelor of Science (Hons.), Geophysics

Grade: CGPA: 3.93

Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Geophysics with a CGPA of 3.93, awarded a Gold Medal.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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